<<Bigots suck.
American Airlines is a major sponsor to and supporter of
groups like GLADD, the Human Rights Campaign, the Gay and Lesbian
Victory Fund, the AIDS Action Foundation, DIFFA, AmFAR, and
scores of community-based groups representing gays and lesbians.
It is also the first airline to adopt a written
non-discrimination policy covering sexual orientation in its
employment practices.
In an unusual joint letter released to the media on Friday,
Oct. 14th from the Family Research Council, Concerned Women of
America, American Family Association and Coral Ridge Ministries,
American Airlines was openly criticized about their policy.
Radical right leader Beverly LaHaye also went on Christian "talk
radio" on Friday to blast American Airlines because "American's
sponsorship of homosexual 'pride' events constitutes "an open
endorsement of promiscuous homosexuality." She and the other
groups have written Bob Crandall at American to complain that the
airline has "gone beyond mere tolerance" of gays and lesbians.
The full article appears in Friday's Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
and possibly picked up by other newspapers around the country.
It has come to the attention of the gay and lesbian
community that American Airline's switchboard and e-mails are
being bombarded now by homophobic and hateful callers who have
been urged by LaHaye and others to DEMAND the company terminate
its gay-friendly policies.
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To American Airlines: We, the undersigned, support your
gay/lesbian rights policies and commend you for your efforts in
ending discrimination. Thank you for your dedication to such
issues and please continue to remain active in the struggle to
end discrimination.
1. Marybeth Kurtz, Philadelphia, PA
2. Jen Faust, Goucher College, Balto. MD
3. Sarah Pinsker, Goucher College, Balto. MD
4. Rebecca Olin, Amherst College, Amherst MA
5. David Beckman, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
6. Amanda Austin, Smith College, Northampton, MA
7. Joan Prusky, Detroit, MI and Northampton, MA
8. Elizabeth Kennedy, NYC and Smith College, Northampton, MA
9. Lindsey Stowe-Berns, NYC and Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
10. Jill Rothstein, NYC and Oberlin College
11. Julie Cross, Miami and Oberlin College
12. Chris Morris, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
13. Katherine Shorb, Tokyo and Oberlin College
14. Maria Mergel, Tokyo and Oberlin College
15. Ayako Honda, Tokyo and Simmons College
16. Aric Stewart, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
17. Nadezhda Murray, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
18. Geoff Ruth, Northfield, MN
19. Laura Gibson, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
20. Shelly Pirroni, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
21. Peter Liu, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
22. Rebecca Rosenblum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
23. Kathryn Pollak, University of Texas, Houston=3D20
24. Donna White, University of Texas, Houston
25. Lara Staub, Univ. of Texas School of Public Health, Houston
26. Melissa Phipps, Univ. of Texas School of Public Health,
Houston
27. Nicole Ordway, University of Texas School of Public Health,
Houston
28. Bruce Greenawalt, New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM
29. Matt Carlson, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
30. Heather Daniel, Chicago, Illinois
31. Tony Breed, Chicago, Illinois
32. Eric Tschetter, Chicago, Illinois
33. J. J. Fenza, Chicago, Illinois
34. Kristine Sundberg, Chicago, Illinois
35. Christina Kowalchuk, Boston, MA
36. Andrew Custer, University of Rochester, NY
37. Randall Hayes, Rochester, NY
38. Charles Powell, Lexington, KY
39. Monika I. Cassel, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI.
40. Jennifer Tilton, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
41. James Kreines, University of Chicago, Ann Arbor MI
42. Cynthia Palmer, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN
43. Nicole Madsen, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN
44. Sara Pool, North Park College, Chicago, IL.
45. Marta Johnson, North Park College, Chicago, IL
46. Lara C. Warg, North Park College, Chicago, IL
47. Jason A. Cox, Indianapolis, IN
48. Patricia Rini, San Francisco, CA
49. Helga Grayson, San Francisco, CA
50. April Hunter, San Francisco, CA
51. David Alves, Oakland, CA
52. Nelsy Dominguez, Santa Fe, NM
53. Caryn Scotto, Santa Fe, NM
54. Edith Corra, Albuquerque, NM
55. Christine Stout-Holmes, Albuquerque, NM
56. Kim Straus, Santa Fe, NM
57. Lon Murphy, Santa Fe, NM
58. Wayne Muesse, Milpitas, CA
59. Arvada Darnell, Menlo Park, CA.
60. Merri M. Monks, Chicago, IL
61. Douglas Hammett and Gary Lair (in a loving, comitted, and
monogamous relationship for14 years), Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
62. Dearca Devo, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
63. Heather Beadle, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii
64. Donna Lieding, Glendora, CA
65. George & Marion Hollingworth, Arcadia, CA
66. Mike Altiere, Cortland, OH
67. Samuel Altiere, Haiku, Maui, Hawaii
68. Chris Lieding, Haiku, Maui, Hawaii
69. John Montfort, Wailuku, Hawaii
70. Gary Petersen, Wailuku, Hawaii
71. David Pelletier, Palm Springs, CA
72. Mark Chataway, London, UK (<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
73. Dr. Seth Berkley, New York, NY, USA
74. Laura Hickey, New York, NY
75. Cameron Elliott, Seattle, WA
76. Jean-Paul Montagnet, Seattle, WA
77. David Bryant, Seattle, WA
78. Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti, Seattle, WA
79. M. Cathy Angell, Bellingham, WA
80. Sally Friedman, Seattle, WA
81. Joan Raphael Greathouse, Seattle, WA
82. Denise A. Klein, KleinDoerr, Consultants, Seattle WA
83. LaVonne Douville, Seattle, WA.
84. Janet Staub, Seattle, WA.
85. Maryah Fram, Seattle WA.
86. B.J. Erkan, Seattle, WA.
87. Patricia Erkan, Seattle, WA.
88. Pamela Nault, LMP, Seattle, WA
89. Liz Lasater, Seattle, WA
90. Donna Ryan, Oakland, CA
91. Kim Fox, Walnut Creek, CA
92. Connie Herrick, Oakland, CA
93. L. Jill Ivie, San Francisco, CA
94. H. Batey, Berkeley, CA
95. Carolyn Breedlove, Berkeley, CA
96. Lisa D. Wade, New York, NY
97. Andrew Hostetler, Chicago, IL
98. Lisa Marie Pickens, Chicago, IL
99. Therese Quinn, University of Illinois at Chicago
100. Sarah Reynolds, Seattle, WA
101. Christina Perez, Chicago, IL
102. RoiAnn Phillips, Chicago, IL
103. Pam Phillips, Santa Clara, CA
104. Ann Lougee, Los Altos, CA
105. Win Gould, San Jose, CA
106. Anne Cohen, Pasadena, CA
107. Dr. Ben Bohren, Nat'l Benevolent Association, St. Louis, MO
108. Maureen Caryl, Portland, OR
109. Maria Tafoya, Orange, CA
110. Elaine Schoepf, Long Beach Ca.
111. Paula Foster, Columbus, OH
112. Daniel Singer, Pasadena, CA
113. Kent Elofson, Pasadena, CA
114. Kent Portman, San Francisco, CA
115. Dennis Marinakis, San Francisco, CA
116. Marilyn Pierce, New York, NY
117. Rich Jentzen, Chicago, IL
118. Kerry Fleming, Chicago, IL
119. Matt Fleig, Medical Student, Rush University, Chicago, IL
120. Michael Martin, Arlington, VA
121. John Zemko, Washington, DC
122. Christian Austin, San Francisco, CA
123. Greg Anderson, San Francisco, CA (Aadvantage Gold #YK19798)
124. Brian Reeves, Washington, DC
125. Tim Arnold Washington DC
126. Jane Purry, Rockville, MD (Aadvantage frequent flyer club
member)
127. Annie Amato, Gaithersburg MD
128. Shaz Wagner, Wheaton MD
129. Norma Kawcki, Wheaton. MD
130. Tina Schneider, Cabin John, MD
131. Amie Hamlin, Binghamton, NY
132. Edward A. Gelb, Keystone College, PA
133. Michael Downend, Thompson, PA
134. Karen Blomain, Thompson, PA
135. Felix Alfonso Pena, Reading, PA
136. Norma E.Cantu, Laredo, TX (AA Advantage Frequent Flyer
member)
137. Rosa Linda Fregoso, Oakland, CA (Advantage Frequent Fyer)
138. Carol A. Smith, Davis, CA (Advantage Frequent Flyer)
139. Nichole M. Bennett, Davis, CA
140. Kenneth D. Fletcher, Eugene, OR
141. Skye C. McKay, San Francsco, CA
142. Grey B. Magauran, Oakland, CA
143. Kim Crowder, Oakland, CA
144. Sheila Jaswal, San Francisco, CA
145. Kimberly Chansky, San Fran., CA (AAdvantage frequent flyer)
146. Sara Dozier, Santa Cruz, CA (Advantage Frequent Flyer)
147. Manuel Bravo, Santa Cruz, CA.
148. Tran Van Thu, Santa Cruz, CA.
149. La Phengrasamy, Santa Cruz, CA.
150. Olivia Chan, Santa Cruz, CA.
151. Leah Hirsch, Santa Cruz, CA
152. David Neil, Chicago, IL (AA freq. flyer)
153. Matthew Carl, Seal Beach, CA
154 sathya gosselin, poughkeepsie, ny
155. James A. McCowan, poughkeepsie, ny
156. Kate Donovan, New York, NY
157. Evan D. Gotlib, New York, NY
158. Norman M. Miller, New York, NY
159. Lee Fallis, New York, NY
160. Elizabeth Hugessen, Toronto, ON
161. Bruce Lawson, Toronto, ON
162. Mark Prior, Toronto, ON
163. Donald Martin, Toronto, ON (Advantage Frequent Flyer)
164. Alan Horgan, Montreal
165. Glenn Urbshott, Toronto, ON, Canada
166. Tom Chapman, Toronto, ON, Canada
167. Milton van der Veen, Meaford, ON, Canada
168. Dan David, Toronto, ON, Canada
169. Kathy Kennedy, Montreal, Qc.
170. Philip Lewis, Montreal
171. Emine Piyale-Sheard, Montreal, QC
172. Dan Reaume, Frankfurt, FRG
173. Christopher Clark, Chicago, IL
174. Jacqueline C. Zipser, Salt Lake City, UT
175. Cassie Diaz-Bello, Chicago, IL - Gold AAdvantage member
176. Gwenan Wilbur, Chicago, IL
177. Reginald Gibbons, Evanston IL
178. Whitney Owens, Evanston, IL </excerpt</excerpt</excerpt
179. Ethan Alter, Evanston, IL
180. Jessica Kingery, Northwestern University
181. Megan Kingery, Chevy Chase MD
182. Holly Martin, Chevy Chase MD
183. Lauren Austrian, Bethesda, MD
184. Marley Magaziner, Cockeysville, MD (Frequent Flyer)
185. Laura Hencke, Dunstable MA
186. chad nieboer, coopersville, mi
187. Jess Mcnamara, Burnt Hills, NY
188. M. Joshua Rosenkranz IV, Ballston Lake, NY
189. Dr. Jonathan Clyman, Watertown, MA
190. Roger W. Garrison, M.L.S., Ithaca, N.Y.Received:
191. Bob Buzzanco, University of Houston, TX
192. Leigh Fought, University of Houston, TX
193. Robyn Maguire, University of Houston, TX
194. Lori Dietzler, Houston, Tx
195. Joyce Gabiola, University of Houston, TX
196. Jennifer Ihrig, University of Houston, TX
197. Janet Wiersema, Washington, DC
198. Rory Turner, Goucher College, MD
199. Alex Turner, University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI
200. Vance Gathing, Madison, WI
201. Maya Joseph, Madison, WI
202. Erin Lyons, Madison, WI
203. Courtney Vollan, University of Illinois, Urbana
204. Roseanne Runnells, University of Illinois, Urbana
205. Patricia Oman, University of Illinois, Urbana
206. Deneen Zarada, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora,
IL
207. Amy Meek, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, IL
208. Angela Downs, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, SLC, UT
209. Evin Sayin, Punahou School, Honolulu, HI
210. Ryan Pickle, Rockford High School, Rockford, MI
211. Katherine Humphrey, Fountain Valley High School, Fountain Valley,
CA
212. Heather(Coco) Downey, Edwardsville High School, Edwardsville, IL
213. Zack Taylor, Gateway Inst of Tech High School, St. Louis, MO
214. Amber Dees, Fort Zumwalt North, O'Fallon, MO
215. Jason Herring, Essex Community College, Perry Hall, MD
216. Joseph P. Kopera, Towson University, Towson, MD
217. Meghan M. Taylor, Laguna Niguel, CA
218. Christopher S. Cooke, Laguna Niguel, CA
219. Charlotte Sullivan, Burtonsville, MD
